Binance.US has backed out of its agreement to purchase $1 billion of bankrupt cryptocurrency brokerage Voyager Digital assets, the company announced in a tweet. It laid the blame for the move on the hostile and uncertain regulatory climate in the United States.
Voyager, the Voyager Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors and the U.S. government reached an agreement on April 19 for the purchase to go through. The deal had been blocked on March 28 by an emergency stay granted by a judge while the U.S. Department of Justice appealed Voyager’s bankruptcy plan.
Voyager and the Voyager Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors both tweeted their dismay at the development shortly before Binance.US made its announcement.
It is unclear what prompted Binance.US’ change of heart, as it was certainly already familiar with the U.S. regulatory environment. The Twitter crypto community reacted with some sympathy for Binance.US.
